Online Documentation for Data Export for SQL Server
Supported file formats
MS Excel 97-2003
The most popular e-table format used by Microsoft® Excel (*.xls). The result files are fully compatible with Microsoft® Excel versions 97-2000, 2003 and XP.
MS Access 97-2003
File of Microsoft® Access format (*.mdb) with an ADO connection used.
MS Word 97-2003
One of the most popular text processing formats used by Microsoft® Word (*.doc). The result files are fully compatible with Microsoft® Word versions 97-2000, 2003 and XP.
RTF
Rich Text Format (*.rtf) supported by many text processing programs (e.g. WordPad).
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language file format (*.html, *.htm), complete compatibility with HTML 4.0 specification.
A standard format in electronic publishing (*.pdf).
Text file
Plain text file format (*.txt).
CSV file
Comma-Separated Value file format (*.csv).
DIF file
Data Interchange File (*.dif) format.
SYLK
Symbolic Links (*.slk) file format.
Note: all the text formats including Text file, CSV, DIF, SYLK are usually used as working or interchange formats.
LaTeX
A specific file format (*.tex) which is a popular (especially among mathematicians and physicists) macroextension of TeX pack developed by D. Knut.
XML
A markup language for documents containing structured information (*.xml).
DBF
Database file format (*.dbf) used by dBASE and a number of xBASE applications.
MS Excel
The e-table format used by Microsoft® Excel (*.xlsx).
MS Word
The text processing format used by Microsoft® Word (*.docx).
MS Access
The database file format used by Microsoft® Word (*.accdb).
ODF Spreadsheets
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications - open document file format for spreadsheets (*.ods) used by a number of applications including OpenOffice.org and KOffice.
ODF text
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications - open document file format for word processing (*.odt) documents used by a number of applications including OpenOffice.org and KOffice.